Covington girl's crime happened when she was 14. Now she has violated halfway house rules

5:34 AM,
Oct. 9, 2013

Emily Ball is directed to a chair at the defense table as she enters court for Tuesday's bond revocation hearing.

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A teenage girl granted probation for luring a boy to his death after Kentucky social workers arrested her mother will have to wait another month to learn her punishment for violating the rules of a halfway house.

Kenton Circuit Court Judge Martin Sheehan asked Emily Ball's attorneys for more details about alternatives to prison for their client during a probation revocation hearing Tuesday. A follow-up hearing was set Nov. 26.

Until then, Ball will remain at the Kenton County jail, where she has been held since July. It is the first time Ball has spent any time in an adult lockup. Prior to being ...